platinum

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/ See IPA manual

Freq #12158

Meanings

1

adj
Very expensive, or of very high quality

We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.
2

verb
To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).

I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.
3

noun
a heavy precious metallic element
4

noun
The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.

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Synonyms

platina

Word family

Forms platina

Derived forms carboplatincisplatindiplatinumeka-platinumferronickelplatinumheptaplatinumiridio-platinumisoferroplatinummultiplatinumnonplatinumorganoplatinumoxaliplatin

Related forms platina

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platinum blond
a person whose hair is a very pale, silvery blond

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *plattusder. Spanish plata Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Spanish -ina Spanish platina English -um English platinum From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being min...

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# platinum

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/
**Frequency rank:** 12158

## Meanings
1. Very expensive, or of very high quality
2. To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).
3. a heavy precious metallic element
4. The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.

## Examples
- We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.
- I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.

## Synonyms
- platina

## Derived Forms
- carboplatin
- cisplatin
- diplatinum
- eka-platinum
- ferronickelplatinum
- heptaplatinum
- iridio-platinum
- isoferroplatinum
- multiplatinum
- nonplatinum
- organoplatinum
- oxaliplatin

## Related Forms
- platina

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *plattusder. Spanish plata Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Spanish -ina Spanish platina English -um English platinum From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being min...

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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